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This will be our last blog. NCL informed us this morning that our cruise has been cancelled due to mechanical issues with the ship! So we will fly home this coming weekend. On the positive side we had a great holiday in South Africa. However, we have also had some pretty bad negatives too. Our beloved pussy cat, Mussy, died while we were away. If that wasn’t enough, Sue’s vertigo caused her to fall in a hotel room, hitting her head and requiring four stiches! So our feelings would be well expressed in a string of four letter words! So, here is our last report. Yesterday we spent hours on a hop-on-hop-off bus viewing the highlights of Rome. We have been to Rome before on an excursion from a cruise ship in 2013, so we did not feel the need to visit places we had been before. One ancient site that we missed last time was the Trevi Fountain so we spent some time there and took lots of photos. Our experience of Rome today can be best revealed in the selection of photos below. We hav...

After some 24 hours in the air (!) we have arrived in Rome. Mind you, flying business class has its advantages. We were able to get a good sleep on the plane from Johannesburg to London so we arrived fresher than if we had been cramped up in economy. Also we were in the air so long we had three breakfasts in the one morning! Surprisingly our clothes still fit! Our hotel, the Hotel Dei Borgia, is in the very picturesque back streets of central Rome. Like all the buildings here it has its historic façade but has been extensively updated inside. Today we are just chilling out and enjoying the comforts of the hotel and the local cuisine Tomorrow we are going to take a hop-on-hop off bus tour and take in the sights. Photos of our street. Note the motorbikes, of which there are heaps: